About our sponsors

Kreston Reeves

Kreston Reeves guide their clients, colleagues and communities to a brighter future.

They help dynamic businesses, not for profit organisations, private individuals and families with more than accountancy, business and financial advice.

In a continually evolving world they help all generations embrace change through trusted advice, support and guidance.

Their dedication to providing a personal service is what sets them apart – they get to know you, understand your goals, support and advise you on your journey to help you realise your potential.

With offices across Kent, London and Sussex, they provide their personalised services across the South East and internationally via their Kreston International network of like-minded firms.

Thomson Snell & Passmore

Thomson Snell & Passmore is a highly respected legal practice and one of the largest law firms in the South East. We have achieved this by continuously aligning ourselves with our clients’ ever changing needs as well as ensuring that we provide intelligent and practical legal advice.

Our Commercial Group consists of over 70 lawyers some of whom have qualified, trained and worked in magic circle and other large City firms. They are experienced in providing a degree of expertise and practical commercial advice at service levels and fees that our more astute commercial clients expect.

We are constantly striving to improve and differentiate ourselves from other firms. We recognise the key factors for clients when choosing a law firm: the client experience and the level of service provided; the technical competencies of the team dealing with the instruction and value for money.

With offices in Tunbridge Wells and the Thames Gateway, the firm has earned a reputation over generations for providing pragmatic legal advice and delivering exceptional client service.

Established in 1570, the firm’s unique heritage underpins its quality, service and commitment to providing peace of mind to generations of families and businesses.

British Business Bank

The British Business Bank is the UK government’s economic development bank. Established in November 2014, its mission is to drive sustainable growth and prosperity across the UK, and to enable the transition to a net zero economy, by improving access to finance for smaller businesses. Its remit is to design, deliver and efficiently manage UK-wide smaller business access to finance programmes for the UK government.

The British Business Bank’s core programmes are supporting over £10.3bn of finance to over 92,000 smaller businesses. Between March 2020 and March 2021, the British Business Bank was responsible for running the government’s Coronavirus business loan schemes, delivering £80.4bn of finance to 1.67m businesses.

As well as increasing both supply and diversity of finance for UK smaller businesses through its programmes, the Bank works to raise awareness of the finance options available to smaller businesses. The British Business Bank Finance Hub provides information and support for scale-up, high growth and potential high growth businesses with increased content, information and products for businesses in survival and recovery mindsets.